New York man steals ambulance, runs over EMT and kills her

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The bystander's video starts with a chaotic scene: An ambulance runs through an intersection in New York, one of its doors open, lights flashing. It drags what appears to be a person trapped under the vehicle.

Authorities say the person stuck under it was Yadira Arroyo, 44, an emergency medical technician and mother of five who died in the incident in the Bronx on Thursday night.

Her partner was injured.

A 25-year-old Bronx man has been arrested in connection with her death, according to the New York Police Department.

"They got out to see what has happening," Nigro said. "This person in turn went around the other side of the ambulance and got into the driver's side ... they tried to get him out of the ambulance, he put it in reverse he struck the one EMT who was injured, and he ran over our other EMT and she was subsequently killed."

The ambulance then stopped after it crashed into parked cars and a pile of snow, video posted on social media shows.

"It's a sad night for everybody in the department," Nigro said. "This person has no business being in this ambulance."